diff --git a/tests/samples/test_target_parquet.py b/tests/samples/test_target_parquet.py
index 22fe4918d..5bdf33237 100644
--- a/tests/samples/test_target_parquet.py
+++ b/tests/samples/test_target_parquet.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import shutil
+import sys
 import uuid
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -23,7 +24,11 @@
 )
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail
+@pytest.mark.xfail(
+    sys.version_info >= (3, 13),
+    reason="Parquet not supported on Python 3.13 due to PyArrow incompatibility",
+    strict=True,
+)
 class TestSampleTargetParquet(StandardTests):
     """Standard Target Tests."""
 
diff --git a/tests/samples/test_target_sqlite.py b/tests/samples/test_target_sqlite.py
index 24b30f3d8..33566082f 100644
--- a/tests/samples/test_target_sqlite.py
+++ b/tests/samples/test_target_sqlite.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import json
 import sqlite3
+import sys
 import typing as t
 from copy import deepcopy
 from io import StringIO
@@ -367,7 +368,11 @@ def test_sqlite_process_batch_message(
     assert cursor.fetchone()[0] == 4
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail
+@pytest.mark.xfail(
+    sys.version_info >= (3, 13),
+    reason="Parquet not supported on Python 3.13 due to PyArrow incompatibility",
+    strict=True,
+)
 def test_sqlite_process_batch_parquet(
     sqlite_target_test_config: dict,
     sqlite_sample_target_batch: SQLiteTarget,